Responding to a hypothetical question about whether the United States
should support an attack against Iran by Middle East-ally Israel, U.S.
Rep. Michele Bachmann noted that Iran already has announced plans to
strike Israel.

"They've stated, as recently as August just before President
(Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad came ... to the U.N. General Assembly. He said
that he wanted to eradicate Israel from the face of the Earth," Bachmann
said during the Nov. 22, 2011, CNN debate.

"He has said that if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe
Israel off the face of the Earth. He will use it against the United
States of America."

The claim from Bachmann isn’t new -- she said something similar during an Iowa campaign event in October.